Kraftfeld Energy has reached financial close on Măruntei-Vest, a 61 MWp solar PV project with a 100 MWh battery energy storage system in Olt County, Romania. Vertex Energy has entered as a 49% equity partner, while Kraftfeld retains 51%. Kommunalkredit Austria provided €50.4 million in project financing.

The shift is clear: Romania solar-plus-storage M&A is no longer only about securing solar capacity. Buyers and lenders are backing hybrid projects that combine grid-ready generation, storage, EPC delivery, and local execution depth.

The transaction follows Kraftfeld’s earlier €90 million financing for the 126 MWp Gârla Mare 2 project. Together, both Romanian projects represent nearly 190 MWp of solar capacity and 300 MWh of battery storage. That scale gives Kraftfeld a stronger platform position in a market where storage is becoming central to project bankability.

Vertex is not only an equity partner. It is also part of the EPC delivery team alongside ENEVO Group. This matters commercially because investors are increasingly pricing execution certainty, not just pipeline size. Similar buyer preference for grid-connected BESS and hybrid assets is visible across Europe, where storage M&A rose sharply in 2025.

The signal for dealmakers is that Romania is becoming a storage-led solar market. Projects with financing, EPC alignment, and dispatchable capacity will attract stronger capital interest than standalone development assets.

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